[ SECRET POST #2794 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2794 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

I agree.

To me, it's complete. If she writes other books, I won't be angry or anything, but they'll never mean the same thing to me.

I feel the same way about Star Wars to be honest. I can't at all get excited for it because I feel like it's already done.

[ibbity]

I cant get all that excited about the new Star Wars because I'm really attached to some portions of the extant EU and these new movies are pretty much 100% going to wreck it all. I've kind of decided to pretend like the new movies are AU and that the parts of EU that I'm attached to are the real canon, even though that's the exact opposite of how it technically is.

[(Anonymous)]

Is she still doing the thing about Newt Scamander and the magical creatures? That was something new I was looking forward to.

I don't think you're alone, though. I've seen people express extreme irritation at the idea of her writing anything else in the Harry Potter universe - like "MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE!" and so on. So obviously, other people think it should be complete too. Personally I don't mind if she chooses to write other stuff in that universe, but I do wish it would be something not related to Harry, his friends, their kids, or Harry's parents/Snape/the marauders. One more reason I liked the magical creatures idea, that would be set in (I think) the more distant past and be about someone who hasn't really been given any characterization or stories yet.

[sarillia]

I've heard it's going to be 1920s New York. I love hearing about the magical creatures and I love my copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them so I'm looking forward to it.

[iggy]

She's released three books in the last two years though, so she's hardly not 'moving on'?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, exactly. I don't know why those people were acting so... exasperated and annoyed that she wanted to do more with the Harry Potter universe.

[(Anonymous)]

Because she's threatening their precious head canons, which are so much more important than the source material, because fandom.

[philstar22]

This is show I feel about the interviews. Side stories of other eras written as books or made into movies I'm cool with. Interviews that give every little detail, are often contradictory, and are separated from the world and the surrounding scenes of the books bore me, though. I don't begrudge anyone liking them, but to me they don't count as canon and I don't even read them anymore for the most part. The books are the books. I love immersing myself in the whole world. Random factoids don't do it for me.

I also don't want any more books that are set post-Harry's Hogwarts years. Harry's story is done. But books fleshing out the world with the stories of different characters sound awesome to me.

[skippydelicious]

I wouldn't mind Harry or Hermione or Neville making a cameo in other stories, but only that. A few short stories with other characters, but none of the kids of previous leads as the main characters. She'd need to do something radically different to the original books and characters if it were to grab me.

[(Anonymous)]

damn, now I think she would do that, if she ever comes close to the trio's social circle... write about the kids. she seems like the type to write about the next generation.

[skippydelicious]

Yeah. I'm like that with Star Trek. I think that as much as the poor storytelling is why I just can't get into the new movies. The Trek-verse closed with Data's death. After that it was done. TNG, DS9, Voyager, they all fleshed out the Trek-verse and used up all the stories.

Same with Stargate. When Atlantis crashed into San Francisco Bay, that completed the stories. There was nothing more to add to that paradigm, which is just one of the reasons SG:U sucked. The only string left hanging was the masquerade, which they refused to even pull for some reason. Not sure anyone in this day and age, with the internet and everyone haven seen Star Wars, can really take a "the world is not ready" masquerade seriously. Dude, we've been ready for decades, the world is not going to lose its shit over aliens or elves. Not anymore.

[kallanda_lee]

I do not think it's that's unusual. It's how a lot of people in the Star Wars fandom felt about the extended universe, tbh.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm the same. It's just a little weird for me because everyone I know thinks that since I am a big HP fan I would be the most enthusiastic about all the extra stuff that keeps coming out. Like everyone keeps telling me how excited they are with the new film series for Fantastical Beasts and I'm like, "I don't care...but great for you."

And then the whole "Rowling says Hermione should have ended up with Harry" thing was rather frustrating. I read the whole article and understood that the whole "Harry and Hermione should have ended up together" was really just an attention grabber, that's not what was said at all, but it was so annoying trying to explain to everyone that it doesn't change what had happened in the books nor did it truly reflect what Rowling really meant. I'm just so tired, but I somehow feel like it's a duty to defend my thoughts on the series.

SA

[(Anonymous)]

"Fantastical" LOL This is why I should proofread before posting. =_=

[(Anonymous)]

I'd rather read her non-HP stuff, honestly.

[ibbity]

I don't want to see anything else from the era of or after the HP books (unless she does something with what was happening at Hogwarts while the main three were on the lam. I would so read the adventures of Neville, Luna and Ginny during book 7.) But I would LOVE to see some short stories from *before* the HP era. "Historical" ones or whatever. Maybe from other cultures than the UK so we can see how other areas of the world have developed their magical culture, because the HP magical culture as portrayed is very very British and the rest of the world can't be exactly like that.

[sarillia]

Ooh we could hear about Bill's penfriend who made his ears shrivel up!

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder what Magical Australia would look like, because Australia is just one huge acid trip of magic and myth waiting to be popped.

[ryttu3k]

I WANT MAGICAL AUSTRALIA SO BAD. We only know of two magical creatures that live here. TWO. Billywigs and Antipodean Opaleyes, and the latter are from New Zealand anyway!

On the other hand, I have so much headcanon for magical Australia that I'd be concerned about having to start all over again if we did get solid information, so.

[skippydelicious]

I Hear Australian wizards use dropbear whisker or Bunyip scales to core their wands. And they curse the Fosters to turn into kanagroo piss - although they could just be saying that, its hard to verify given the taste of regular Fosters.

[iggy]

I'm interested in her exploring other parts of the universe; i.e. Fantastic Beasts and the Celestina Warbeck stuff. The world is so big and has so much potential. But I'm not interested in other stories featuring the main HP cast.

[(Anonymous)]

So don't read them. Problem solved.

Why should the rest of us be deprived just because you don't like the new stuff?

[(Anonymous)]

Too bad for you, I guess. Although you have the option of just not reading any of the new stuff.

I LOVE all the new stuff. I want every new detail about the HP world from JKR she's willing to give. It all makes it that much richer for me. Then again, I'm way more interested in the books than I am in my own head canon.